Vol 17, No 1, Article 2

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An integrative psychotherapeutic model for the treatment of paranoid schizophrenia: Oana-Maria Popescu

AbstractThe paper presents a 6-step integrative psychotherapeutic treatment protocol for schizophrenia, within a theoretical framework drawing from CBT, psychodynamic approaches, transactional analysis, Ericksonian therapy and relational psychotherapy, including the use of hypnosis without formal trance induction, whilst actively implicating the therapist in the patient’s inner world. Changing sub-modalities with the use of informal hypnosis could be one of the most important aspects in treating patients with auditory hallucinations by a direct decrease of symptom intensity. The model is based on the assumption that there is a connection between the content of a previous abusive experience and the content of the psychotic symptoms – the stress-vulnerability model.Key words: schizophrenia, integrative psychotherapy, hypnosis, therapeutic alliance, trauma